Re: Question about materialized views/snapshots

"NetComrade" <andreyNSPAM_at_bookexchange.net> wrote in message news:40c8b0c5.267427921_at_localhost...
>> Is there are a way to have the snapshot contain 'stale' data while> it's refreshing? We have joins w/ snapshots, and whenever they're> refreshing the joins return nothing.>> The alternatives are outer joins and replacing a snapshot w/ a table> which would be populated and deleted from in a single transaction.>> Thanks.> .......> We use Oracle 8.1.7.4 on Solaris 2.7 boxes> remove NSPAM to email

Either make the snapshot fast refreshable (if possible) and/or put it in a refresh group.

Otherwise a complete refresh truncates the data and then re-populates the snapshot.